419 scam: "NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD" <lbfloordesigns@eircom.net> CONGRATULATIONS!!! NEW YEAR WINNER

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "uknl.securitiesandclaims.dept@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD" <lbfloordesigns@eircom.net>
Reply-To: <uknl.securitiesandclaims.dept@live.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:18:06 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! NEW YEAR WINNER

UK National Lottery Board,
P O Box 1010,
Garden close London,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref no. : L/200-26937
Batch no. : 2009MJL-09-023

ONLINE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you that your E-mail address has won the UK National Lottery. Therefore you have Been approved for a lump sum payout of (£800,000.00GBP) Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds in the UK National Lottery program held on 6th January 2010, and was released today, The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated Random computer search known as the Email Selective System (ess) from the internet, no tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your E-mail ID emerged as one of the winners in the 3rd category. You Are therefore been approve to winning Sum of £800,000.00(GBP).

To file and claim your winning ; please contact our Fiduciary Agent for the processing of your winning
Particulars, with the following information as shown below.

To file for your claim, please contact our

United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. Mark O.Dowd

EMAIL :uknl.securitiesandclaims.dept@live.co.uk
TEL:

Provide him with the information below:

1. Full Name:..................................
2. Full Address:.............................
3. Status:.......................................
4. Occupation:.............................. ..
5. Age:...........................................
6. Sex:...........................................
7. Country:.....................................
8. Tel.Number:................................
9 Valid ID card ..............................

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Helen Anderson
FOR UK NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY

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